I watched the movie, "Unabomber" early this morning. If it's accurate, I find that Ted was highly intellectual with clarity of thought and purpose in his life. He seemed to have a clear grasp of the f... View MoreI watched the movie, "Unabomber" early this morning. If it's accurate, I find that Ted was highly intellectual with clarity of thought and purpose in his life. He seemed to have a clear grasp of the forces and follies of the world, but was pushed from a benign and treatable schizophrenic state by the CIA psychological experiment to which he was subjected, into a hybridized sociopathy/psychopathy into which he spiralled into a low grade madness. The official diagnosis put forth by AI/SI follows:
Ted Kaczynski was not officially diagnosed as a sociopath or psychopath, though forensic experts and his own writings have led to various conflicting interpretations of his mental state. His official legal and psychiatric diagnosis was paranoid schizophrenia and paranoid personality disorder, with avoidant and antisocial features.
While some psychological evaluations and analyses suggest he exhibited traits consistent with schizoid, narcissistic, or antisocial personality disorders, and he lacked empathy for his victims, he was found competent to stand trial because he knew his actions were wrong. His brother and some commentators argue his violence was a manifestation of psychosis, while victims and critics view him as a murderous sociopath or psychopath driven by ideological delusions rather than clinical sociopathy. Ultimately, the DSM-V classification did not find proper indication of a clinical psychopathic or sociopathic personality disorder in his case, attributing his behavior instead to severe mental illness and flawed ideological convictions.
Avocado Ice Cream?
Whoda thunk it?
What's next? Black olive? Pimento?
Heck, maybe dog flops!
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